How Shrimping Has Destroyed Ecuador s Ecosystem (2014)

Surviving Without Shrimp (2014): Ecuador is the fifth largest producer of shrimp worldwide; generating over one billion dollars a year. But while the industry is a prosperous one, it has come at a huge social and environmental cost. For similar stories, see: Supermarket Prawns Supplied By Thai Slave Labour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ieOeOxaVE How Australia Impounded the World s Second-Largest Fishing Trawler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azg8nX-uJnI Gaza s Fishing Industry Under Siege https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O__KDiiGegg Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/film/5991/surviving-without-shrimp Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures "Nature has been poorly treated, weakened, endangered. And more important, the population whose livelihoods depend on this resource is being endangered", says Lider Gongora, an environmental activist, highlighting how Ecuador s fragile ecosystem has become devastated by extensive farming. Although the industry employs 250,000 people in Ecuador alone, the remaining communities are being pushed out of their land. Between the shrimp farmers who control the land and desperate fisherman fighting for their rights to it: "The estuary has become a war zone". Wild Angle Productions – Ref. 5991 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.